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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808134403321

Autore

Drori Israel

Titolo

Vision and change in institutional entrepreneurship : the transformation from science to commercialization / / Israel Drori and Dana Landau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

1-84545-984-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LandauDana

Disciplina

658.4/21

Soggetti

Defense industries - Israel - Management

Research, Industrial - Israel - Laboratories

Organizational change - Israel

Organizational behavior - Israel

Corporate culture - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

VISION AND CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Methodology; Chapter 3 - Conceptual Framework; Chapter 4 - Gamma: The Evolution of a Governmental R&D Organization; Chapter 5 - Survival: The Pressure for Change; Chapter 6 - Change in Style, Change in Form: Regenerating the Organizational Structure; Chapter 7 - Sensemaking for Change: Striving for Coherent Sensemaking Accounts; Chapter 8 - The Construction of Legitimacy for Change; Chapter 9 - The Envisioning Process: Building an Entrepreneurial Vision

Chapter 10 - The Task of Constructing Change: The Mechanism of Vision CreationChapter 11 - Conclusions: Vision and Change in Gamma; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sheltered for a long time within the public sector environment with high job security and professional research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening. They needed to be led by a suitable vision in order to implement comprehensive changes to their operations and remain viable. This study explores this



constitution of vision as a mechanism of intentional change, a strategic tool to reach the desired future for the organization. Going beyond the current literature, the authors ask to what extent, and